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鮫 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「魚」

道
準1University / general ／ 17 strokes ／ Radical「魚」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
さめ・みずちsame · mizuchi
Meaning
shark

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

魚 "fish" with 交 "to cross": the fish whose skin bears a fine crossing pattern — the shark.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 鮫さめ

    shark

  • 鮫肌さめはだ

    rough, sharkskin-like skin

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

水族(すいぞく)館(かん)で鮫(さめ)を間近(まぢか)に見(み)た。

I saw sharks up close at the aquarium.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

鮫肌鮫肌skin魯dull鮒crucia…鮎sweetf…鮪tuna鮭salmon叩strike弘vast亘extend…亙extend…宏wide
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 魚Map of reading コウAll maps

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